Police search for man after high-speed chase

8:58 PM,
Aug. 6, 2013

Justin Habeck

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

Authorities still were searching Tuesday for a Wisconsin Rapids man accused of leading officers in Wood and Portage counties on a high-speed chase and then escaping from them Sunday night.

A Portage County deputy began chasing 31-year-old Justin Habeck on Highway 54 shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday after the deputy was alerted that Plover Police were looking for a man suspected of stealing a home theater system from Walmart Supercenter in Plover, police said.

The deputy tried to stop the car by pulling out into the road, but the suspect swerved around the squad and sped down Highway 54 toward ...